Arizona 2024: Epilogue and Stats (with Update)

Well hello there! It’s been 18 days since we arrived home and I have finally figured out all those those stats I wrote down incomprehensibly. Forget keeping track of the oral history, I can’t even make sense of the notes I took.

Since arriving home we have enjoyed the almost daily sounds of progress. Bell Canada’s (shareholder) contractors are laying fibre optic cables in our ‘hood. It seems to be a lot of noise for not much progress. We are looking forward to the outcome.

In previous trips I published Google maps showing where we had been. I have not done that (yet?) for this trip. What I will publish is a huge table that does contain links to each location on Google maps. I’m not offering any reviews of the various spots.

Update: It is worth mentioning (again) that 100% of the state parks we stayed in were booked relatively last minute thanks to alerts we had configured on Campnab. We highly recommend Campnab!

Click the Date link to go to the blog post for that day. Click the Campground link to go to the Google map of the location (sometimes approximated).

Date	Day	City	State	Campground	Camp Type	KM	Average Fuel Economy	Estimated Litres
March 3, 2024	1	Sarnia	ON	Mom’s	Family	682	15.31	104.41
March 4, 2024	2	Terre Haute	IN	Cracker Barrel	Cracker Docking	742	15.61	115.83
March 5, 2024	3	Springfield	MO	Cooks RV Park	Private Park	612	14.41	88.19
March 6, 2024	4	El Reno	OK	Lake El Reno Municipal Park	Municipal Park	528	14.41	76.08
March 7, 2024	5	Canyon	TX	Palo Duro SP	State Park	421	16.11	67.82
March 8, 2024	6	Canyon	TX	Palo Duro SP	State Park	0		0.00
March 9, 2024	7	Canyon	TX	Palo Duro SP	State Park	0		0.00
March 10, 2024	8	Fort Sumner	NM	Bosque Redondo Park	Boondocking	48	18.51	8.88
March 11, 2024	9	Boles	NM	Oliver Lee Memorial SP	State Park	289	15.61	45.11
March 12, 2024	10	Dwyer	NM	City of Rocks	State Park	388	13.81	53.58
March 13, 2024	11	Dwyer	NM	City of Rocks	State Park	0		0.00
March 14, 2024	12	Willcox	NM	Tirrito Farms	Harvest Host	342	14.91	50.99
March 15, 2024	13	Vail	AZ	BLM Land	Boondocking	261	13.51	35.26
March 16, 2024	14	Vail	AZ	BLM Land	Boondocking	0		0.00
March 17, 2024	15	Tucson	AZ	Lazy Days KOA	Private Park	128	13.81	17.68
March 18, 2024	16	Tucson	AZ	Lazy Days KOA	Private Park	0		0.00
March 19, 2024	17	Tucson	AZ	Lazy Days KOA	Private Park	0		0.00
March 20, 2024	18	Eloy	AZ	Picacho Peak SP	State Park	66	15.61	10.30
March 21, 2024	19	Eloy	AZ	Picacho Peak SP	State Park	0		0.00
March 22, 2024	20	Eloy	AZ	Picacho Peak SP	State Park	0		0.00
March 23, 2024	21	Apache Junction	AZ	Lost Dutchman SP	State Park	122	15.81	19.29
March 24, 2024	22	Apache Junction	AZ	Lost Dutchman SP	State Park	0		0.00
March 25, 2024	23	Apache Junction	AZ	Lost Dutchman SP	State Park	23	16.91	3.89
March 26, 2024	24	Quartzite	AZ	BLM Land	Boondocking	295	14.21	41.92
March 27, 2024	25	Quartzite	AZ	BLM Land	Boondocking	0		0.00
March 28, 2024	26	Quartzite	AZ	BLM Land	Boondocking	0		0.00
March 29, 2024	27	Tucson	AZ	Lazy Days KOA	Private Park	418	15.11	63.16
March 30, 2024	28	Tucson	AZ	Lazy Days KOA	Private Park	11	15.31	1.68
March 31, 2024	29	Anthony	NM	KayFarms	Harvest Host	493	13.11	64.63
April 1, 2024	30	Fort Lancaster	TX	Fort Lancaster Scenic Lookout	Boondocking	551	12.11	66.73
April 2, 2024	31	Austin	TX	McKinney Falls SP	State Park	498	14.41	71.76
April 3, 2024	32	Caddo Lake	TX	Caddo Lake SP	State Park	528	14.41	76.08
April 4, 2024	33	Caddo Lake	TX	Caddo Lake SP	State Park	0		0.00
April 5, 2024	34	Cabot	AR	Magness Creek Farms	Harvest Host	381	13.51	51.47
April 6, 2024	35	Saint Genevieve	MO	Hawn SP	State Park	450	14.91	67.10
April 7, 2024	36	Grafton	IL	Pere Marquette SP	State Park	192	12.81	24.60
April 8, 2024	37	Fort Wayne	IN	Cracker Barrel	Cracker Docking	673	13.31	89.58
April 9, 2024	38	Sarnia	ON	Mom’s	Family	428	13.61	58.25
April 10, 2024	39	Sarnia	ON	Mom’s	Family	0		0.00
April 11, 2024	40	Kemptville	ON	Home	Family	683	15.31	104.57
Total / Average						10376	14.40	1494.00

Here are a few summaries.

Number of nights by type of “campground”

Camp Type	Nights
Family	4
Cracker Docking	2
Private Park	6
Municipal Park	1
State Park	17
Boondocking	7
Harvest Host	3

Number of nights by state/province

State/Prov.	Nights
ON	4
IN	2
MO	2
OK	1
TX	7
NM	6
AZ	16
AR	1
IL	1

What’s next?

My callous on the left middle finger that grew due to my persistent death grip on the steering wheel through all of those windy days has started to revert to more normal skin. Important to maintain those soft skinned hands.

In retrospect, having a specific goal on these trips is helpful. In 2022 it was a desire to get to Monument Valley. In 2023 it was spend some time on the ocean and explore Texas. In 2024 there was no specific goal. Sure, chase the weather, take a break from home, take a break from work (might have overachieved on this one). But nothing that allowed this book to have a climax. The drive home is always the denouement but without that climax. Next year we shall have a mission. And not just to get to Mission BBQ. Stay tuned for that. Note that we are not keeping secrets, we just have not decided. If we go back to the southwest, it would be nice to have even more boondocking days and make the official camping parks the exception. Boondocking adds to the adventure.

Summer is coming. Time to sail around the lake soon.

I also have to write a dissertation on the cost effectiveness of heat pumps. Also still seeking the ideal bicycle to take with us on van trips.

Don’t forget to follow along with Tony and Barb, they are about half way done their adventure.